Media Production Specialists

VDR Graduation Bout

This weekend saw the graduation bout for the new "freshies" at Van Diemen Rollers. This means that they are competent enough with their skills to play in a bout with all the hits and shouldn't get hurt (well to much).

I have photographed these bouts for a couple of years now and took the opportunity to do something totally different than I normal do. Firstly I used zones with my strobes. This basically meant that I could turn them on and off in different areas and change their output level as well. Secondly, instead of documenting the bout, I took time to look for particular shots. Lastly while I didn't really think about it during the bout I knew that I really wanted to try just doing a black and white bout.

I have this love of really contrasty black and whites, the punch they deliver visually can be amazing. While I don't suggest this is always the way to go, in this case it was what I really wanted to do. The only images in colour are the team group shoots.